Growing a Local Beachhead, a CEO’s Exit and Other Shifts in the Philly Tech Force

Financial services firm Betterment, headquartered in New York, just made its 10th hire at its Philly hub inside MakeOffices in Center City.

The local team began by tapping RJMetrics/Magento/Adobe engineering chief Ben Garvey back in January, in a bid to build the robo-advisor’s first beachhead outside of New York. Now, with Garvey’s help, the company expanded that team in customer experience and engineering.

How does a company manage to attract the talent it needs in a new city? It doesn’t happen by accident.

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